http://www.tjwalker.com News analyzed from a communication perspective. | Public speaking, media training, presentation training, crisis communications Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:18:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/09/black-history-month-stats-for-your-next-powerpoint/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/09/black-history-month-stats-for-your-next-powerpoint/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:14:33 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12499 This graphic displaces some statistics about Black History Month that are both interesting and laid out nicely. Consider how they graphically displayed these figures. You might consider using the same techniques in your next presentation. View Larger Graphic Here]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/09/black-history-month-stats-for-your-next-powerpoint/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/08/29/one-slide-one-image/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/08/29/one-slide-one-image/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:17:06 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12214 This is an example of a chart that I would suggest NOT putting in your PowerPoint slides. It shows both the average salary and employment of Accountants in the US over the past 8 years. As a handout the graphic works, but flash this image on the screen and people will be decoding the chart [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/08/29/one-slide-one-image/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/slide-show-app-for-ipadiphone-review/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/slide-show-app-for-ipadiphone-review/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:54:21 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11484
]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/slide-show-app-for-ipadiphone-review/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/proprompter-app-review-for-ipadiphone/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/proprompter-app-review-for-ipadiphone/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:48:30 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11482
]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/proprompter-app-review-for-ipadiphone/feed/ 2 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/ipadipad-presentation-timer-app-review/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/ipadipad-presentation-timer-app-review/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:44:46 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11480
]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/17/ipadipad-presentation-timer-app-review/feed/ 2 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/15/how-do-i-keep-my-audience-awake/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/15/how-do-i-keep-my-audience-awake/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:25:08 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11447
How you can make a financial presentation more interesting so that you can hold on to the audience’s attention and not put them to sleep.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/15/how-do-i-keep-my-audience-awake/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/15/using-visuals-in-financial-presentations/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/15/using-visuals-in-financial-presentations/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:17:56 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11445
It is always important to have visuals in any presentation to enhance audience understanding and participation.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/15/using-visuals-in-financial-presentations/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/14/what-is-the-disadvantage-of-using-powerpoint/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/14/what-is-the-disadvantage-of-using-powerpoint/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:46:35 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11419
PowerPoint can certainly make or break any presentation. So its always important to use it as a presentation tool, not as the presentation itself. The disadvantage of PowerPoint comes when people misuse the tool and completely bore their audience.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/14/what-is-the-disadvantage-of-using-powerpoint/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/10/forbes-com-making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/10/forbes-com-making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:43:43 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11349 If you work for a big corporation, sooner or later, someone is going to ask you to deliver their PowerPoint Presentation. And he or she will demand that you don’t change a single element of the presentation (and they can get away with it because they are your boss). Here’s the problem: the slide show [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/10/forbes-com-making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/06/making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation-powerpoint-advice/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/06/making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation-powerpoint-advice/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:21:23 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11206 If you work for a big corporation, sooner or later, someone is going to ask you to deliver their PowerPoint Presentation. And he or she will demand that you don’t change a single element of the presentation (and they can get away with it because they are your boss). Here’s the problem: the slide show [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/06/making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation-powerpoint-advice/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/05/four-ways-to-data-dump-2/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/05/four-ways-to-data-dump-2/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:13:07 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11203 What do you do if you have an incredibly large amount of data that you must present to an audience, but you are limited to a strict time amount of, say 10-30 minutes? By far, the absolute worst mistake you could make is to do the following: cram every fact you can find into a [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/05/four-ways-to-data-dump-2/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/03/pot-luck-powerpoint/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/03/pot-luck-powerpoint/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:43:26 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11172
What should you do if your colleagues send you PowerPoint slides to use in your presentation and the slides are bad?]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/03/pot-luck-powerpoint/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/03/speaking-tip-of-the-day-cliche%cc%81s-work-great-with-the-media-but-make-you-sound-unintelligent-when-delivering-a-speech/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/03/speaking-tip-of-the-day-cliche%cc%81s-work-great-with-the-media-but-make-you-sound-unintelligent-when-delivering-a-speech/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:15:20 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11145 SPEAKING TIP OF THE DAY: Cliche?s work great with the media but make you sound unintelligent when delivering a speech.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/03/speaking-tip-of-the-day-cliche%cc%81s-work-great-with-the-media-but-make-you-sound-unintelligent-when-delivering-a-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/02/forbes-com-powerpoint-is-not-a-teleprompter/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/02/forbes-com-powerpoint-is-not-a-teleprompter/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:01:36 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11100 One of the biggest misconceptions about PowerPoint is that it can and should be used as a TelePrompTer for a speaker. A TelePrompTer is a machine that newscasters use to read their scripts while looking into the camera. Read more from TJ at FORBES.com]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/02/forbes-com-powerpoint-is-not-a-teleprompter/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/01/breaking-a-bad-habit-presentation-advice/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/01/breaking-a-bad-habit-presentation-advice/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:10:06 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11043 You have the best of intentions. You give speech after speech using strong visuals, compelling examples and riveting stories to make your points come alive. But then, slowly, your speaking skills start to dissolve. The next thing you know, you’ve become a boring hack, just like everyone else. How did it happen? Here is the [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/01/breaking-a-bad-habit-presentation-advice/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/24/public-speaking-tip-of-the-day-the-1-problem-you-risk-when-speaking-isn%e2%80%99t-that-you-bomb-or-embarrass-yourself-the-1-problem-is-that-you-are-perfectly-competent-and-no-one-remembers-anythin/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/24/public-speaking-tip-of-the-day-the-1-problem-you-risk-when-speaking-isn%e2%80%99t-that-you-bomb-or-embarrass-yourself-the-1-problem-is-that-you-are-perfectly-competent-and-no-one-remembers-anythin/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:39:29 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10879 Public Speaking Tip of the Day: The #1 problem you risk when speaking isn’t that you bomb or embarrass yourself. The #1 problem is that you are perfectly competent and no one remembers anything you said.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/24/public-speaking-tip-of-the-day-the-1-problem-you-risk-when-speaking-isn%e2%80%99t-that-you-bomb-or-embarrass-yourself-the-1-problem-is-that-you-are-perfectly-competent-and-no-one-remembers-anythin/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/23/post-a-comment-about-your-worst-public-speaking-experience-ever-and-you-will-win-access-to-my-300-online-presentation-training-school/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/23/post-a-comment-about-your-worst-public-speaking-experience-ever-and-you-will-win-access-to-my-300-online-presentation-training-school/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:36:27 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10835 That’s right, if you post a summary of your worst public speaking experience right here, I will send you an all-access pass to my online, interactive public speaking course—no strings attached. I’d like to hear about your horror stories.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/23/post-a-comment-about-your-worst-public-speaking-experience-ever-and-you-will-win-access-to-my-300-online-presentation-training-school/feed/ 3 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/presentation-training-advice-age-is-nothing-but-a-number-everyones-goal-should-be-the-same-as-a-speaker/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/presentation-training-advice-age-is-nothing-but-a-number-everyones-goal-should-be-the-same-as-a-speaker/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:26:09 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10677 Presentation training advice: Age is nothing but a number. Whether you are a Fortune 500 company CEO or a junior high school student preparing for a school speech your goals should be the same. As a speaker you want your audience to walk away thinking of you as memorable speaker, who was engaging and fully [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/presentation-training-advice-age-is-nothing-but-a-number-everyones-goal-should-be-the-same-as-a-speaker/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/forbes-com-dare-to-be-different-public-speaking-analysis/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/forbes-com-dare-to-be-different-public-speaking-analysis/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:43:58 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10654 There is great comfort in mediocrity when it comes to public speaking. It is easy to joke around with your colleagues about how you “hate” speaking in public and that you “just want to get through it.” To read the rest of TJ’s thoughts visit FORBES.com]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/forbes-com-dare-to-be-different-public-speaking-analysis/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/17/what-are-examples-of-business-jargon-or-marketing-speak-that-writers-and-presenters-should-avoid-presentation-training/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/17/what-are-examples-of-business-jargon-or-marketing-speak-that-writers-and-presenters-should-avoid-presentation-training/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:00:43 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10601
http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com -media training, presentation training http://www.tjwalker.com What are examples of business jargon that writers and presenters should avoid? -QUORA questions]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/17/what-are-examples-of-business-jargon-or-marketing-speak-that-writers-and-presenters-should-avoid-presentation-training/feed/ 2 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/16/how-to-develop-useful-and-interesting-ideas-for-your-next-presentation-quora-answers/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/16/how-to-develop-useful-and-interesting-ideas-for-your-next-presentation-quora-answers/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:25:00 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10545 ]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/16/how-to-develop-useful-and-interesting-ideas-for-your-next-presentation-quora-answers/feed/ 2 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/11/presentation-training-tip-of-the-day-if-you-just-practice-in-your-head-at-your-computer-what-seems-like-a-20-minute-powerpoint-presentation-will-actually-turn-into-a-50-minute-presentation-in-front/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/11/presentation-training-tip-of-the-day-if-you-just-practice-in-your-head-at-your-computer-what-seems-like-a-20-minute-powerpoint-presentation-will-actually-turn-into-a-50-minute-presentation-in-front/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:22:57 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10261 Presentation Training Tip of the Day: If you just practice in your head at your computer, what seems like a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation will actually turn into a 50 minute presentation in front of the audience.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/11/presentation-training-tip-of-the-day-if-you-just-practice-in-your-head-at-your-computer-what-seems-like-a-20-minute-powerpoint-presentation-will-actually-turn-into-a-50-minute-presentation-in-front/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/08/presentation-training-tip-if-you-are-using-powerpoint-because-you-did-last-year-or-everyone-else-did-please-consult-your-mother-on-what-to-do-if-all-of-your-colleagues-jump-off-of-a-cliff/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/08/presentation-training-tip-if-you-are-using-powerpoint-because-you-did-last-year-or-everyone-else-did-please-consult-your-mother-on-what-to-do-if-all-of-your-colleagues-jump-off-of-a-cliff/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:39:11 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10028 ]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/08/presentation-training-tip-if-you-are-using-powerpoint-because-you-did-last-year-or-everyone-else-did-please-consult-your-mother-on-what-to-do-if-all-of-your-colleagues-jump-off-of-a-cliff/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/07/public-speaking-tip-of-the-day-you-should-give-a-speech-without-doing-a-video-recorded-rehearsal-and-critique-only-if-you-are-willing-to-dictate-an-important-memo-and-send-it-to-the-world-without-spe/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/07/public-speaking-tip-of-the-day-you-should-give-a-speech-without-doing-a-video-recorded-rehearsal-and-critique-only-if-you-are-willing-to-dictate-an-important-memo-and-send-it-to-the-world-without-spe/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:59:11 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=9972 ]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/07/public-speaking-tip-of-the-day-you-should-give-a-speech-without-doing-a-video-recorded-rehearsal-and-critique-only-if-you-are-willing-to-dictate-an-important-memo-and-send-it-to-the-world-without-spe/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/04/presentation-training-tip-your-colleagues-and-competitors-spent-on-average-12-16-or-even-20-years-on-daily-instruction-on-how-to-write-well-in-school-but-most-of-them-never-received-more-than-15/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/04/presentation-training-tip-your-colleagues-and-competitors-spent-on-average-12-16-or-even-20-years-on-daily-instruction-on-how-to-write-well-in-school-but-most-of-them-never-received-more-than-15/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:02:37 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=9824 ]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/04/presentation-training-tip-your-colleagues-and-competitors-spent-on-average-12-16-or-even-20-years-on-daily-instruction-on-how-to-write-well-in-school-but-most-of-them-never-received-more-than-15/feed/ 0